St. Paul daily globe., 1887-04-30
CLEAR, PURE WATER.
Jamestown's Success in Sinking an
Artesian Well stirs Up Several
Other Towns,
Which Will Now Make an Attempt t.
Get Good Water by Boring
for It.
Indications Numerous That There r
Natural Gas Somewhere Beneath
a. the Earth,s Surface.
Inc site Tor the New Jamestowup
college selected--Its Prospects
Very Bright.
Special to the Globe


JAMESTOWN, April 29.-The succesn
met with in sinking the Jamestown artesian
wen IN regard to the several desiderata.
Voiulne, pressure and quality of the water
secured has revived topic of general dis
cusslon and again hurried to the front q
question of public polity. The desirabilitv.
ana practlcabillty of artesian wells along,
tle ilne OF the Northern Pacific in Dakot.
nave Deen an open question for several
years past, and many warmly espouseo.
eltner slde as in their Judgment they had
decided the practicability of the measure
IN thIs city much the same state
vi a1alrs was noticed. The we'll
nao It's advocates and assailantS
from the conception to the final
reallzatlon OF the enterprise During the
course OF the boring the progress of the
WORK was closely watched, not only by
M Jamestown people, but by residents through
out Nortn dakota. Bismarck awaited the
result With expectancy-eagerly looking for
nope for her deserted enterprise: Farso
stood ready. only waiting for the exampie
10 add another to her long list of triumnhs
ana other neIghboring cities awaited the
seYelopnent with the feeling that OH the
resuIe depended, in great measure. the
sOiuGlon 50 Oh grave question of the future.
The well was dug, however, and because of
lts success three similar enterprises are now
projected. At the meeting of the board of
trustees for the jamestown asyIum last
week 1t was decided that the 81 600
Whicn the legislature appropriated for
d system OF water works could not be better
expended or with more satisfactory results
than IN the boring of an artesian we'll and
tne poard mas accordingly advertised for
10h
a deserted hole 1,300 feet in the earth,
Several years ago well was began. but at
the depth above named, abandoned as hope,
less. Now. however, spurred on by
THE GROWING GLORY
of Janlestown's success, Bismarck is court
ing the attention of contractors and de-;
sirous of sending the drill down another
200 or 300 feet. At Fargo attention has
Deen directed to both gas and water wells,
Inc encouragement. to continue sink
ing their gas well is also drawn,
from Jamestown's plucky deter
mlnaton in keeping the drill pointed fo.
China. At depth OF about 1900 feet a
small vein of water was struck and shortly
after began to rise in the pipe and flowed
at the top continuously, until shut off. at
the rate OF about so gallons per minute. A
short time before this flow a strong smell of
gas was noticed and after it, merely out of
curiosity, one OF the men at work touched
match to the top OF the pipe and was
somewhat surprised to see Sheet of fame
nearly foot high cover the top of the cas-
ing and the. flowing water. Had three been
dry hole good gas we'll would then have
been secured beyond doubt as the gas must
have been of considerable quantity to have
Iorced the water to heigth of ], 800 feet.
This little circumstance confirmed the
Fargo Argus in its opinion that there was
gas under this country as we'll as watel..
Dakota has peculiar reasons to rejoice mt
the knowledge that underlying this whole
region there is an endless quantity of clear,
pnre water, and the extent TO which this
supply may be drawn upon is one of TIL
possibilities capable of immense develop
ment in the near future. The site tor
JAMESTOWN COLLEGE,
an institution under the PRESBYTERIAN
synod of North Dakota, has been selected.
The location is beautiful spot on the land
donated for the purpose, and, besides being
convenient. places the building where it
will be an imposing and conspicuous feat
ure in the landscape. All the bonds neces-
sary for the erection of $50. 900 structure
are now pledged, and the prospects for the
institution are extremely fiatterng. The
contract for the erection of the building. to
be completed by Sept. 1. has been let
and signed, the grade stakes have been
driven and the first load of stone for the
foundation was hauled Thursday. The
building is to be 1OOx44 in dimensions
and three stories and basement
in hight. The structure is to be of brick
with stone trimmings. Among the apart
ments will be a chapel with a seating
capacity of 800, dormitory accommodations
for forty Students and suitable reception,
recitation and other rooms. The college has
been opened during the past year, with
quarters in the North side school house. The
new building is to be completed by Sept. l,
when the fall term of the second college
year begins. North Dakota will be
thoroughly canvassed for students and the
term is expected to open with greatly in
creased attendance. 1t is assured that q
more liberal and extended curriculum will
be prepared and the force of professors
largely increased. 1t is proposed to make
this school representative one, and to that
end, although under denominational con-
troll, it will be non-sectarian. The standard
of the college is expected to be equal or
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